No soundCard....How to enable onboard sound

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Rob

I got my computer back last Friday from a local comp. shop, after a much
needed replacement of a dead Vcard. I also decided since it had been nearly
2 yrs that a reinstall of WinXP Home would be a good idea.

Well it turned out the tech decided to install things I didn't necessarily
want, partition my 60GB HD the way HE wanted despite me having given him a
slip of paper describing EXACTLY how I wanted my drive configured
(C = 47GB, D = 5GB for Games, E = 8GB for Music), instead I got 50, 5 and 5.
My file system was Fat 32 and now unbeknowst to me it became NTFS. I got a
Service pack when I had explicitly said I didn't want one. (Was afraid of
periph conflict or loss that had been par for course when SP1 first came
out. And NOW I find out that he didn't even concern himself with making sure
there was adequate sound. Apparently I didn't have a separate Sound Card
that I thought I did.

My Question: How do I enable onboard sound on my system? ( I have a pair of
generic speakers and NO Separate sound card). My motherboard:

ASUS - A7V 266E

Rob
 
Just one point, a 60 Gig HD will not give you 50, 5 and 5 when formatted.
60 is the unformatted size.
All sizes given on or when you buy your hd are for unformatted.
You enable onboard audio in the bios and make sure you install the right
sound drivers.
Did you ask/tell him to set the sound up?
if not then you have no complaint.
I build systems and unless I am told or asked to setup onboard sound or
install a card then I do not.
 
KB said:
Just one point, a 60 Gig HD will not give you 50, 5 and 5 when formatted.
60 is the unformatted size.
All sizes given on or when you buy your hd are for unformatted.
You enable onboard audio in the bios and make sure you install the right
sound drivers.
Did you ask/tell him to set the sound up?
if not then you have no complaint.
I build systems and unless I am told or asked to setup onboard sound or
install a card then I do not.
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1) The numbers given above for partition size were only meant to be a
relative amount, ie, a rough estimate of what I wanted and also to give
others in this forum an idea of what I wanted. It does reflect the total
capacity of each partition and not the free space left over after formatting
the drive!!!

2) I DO have a complaint, because I shouldn't have to tell this tech
essentially how to do his job. And part of that job is to make sure all the
major components of a computer work, including Video, Network, and Audio.
Besides all he had to do was look in the Device Manager to see the only
exclamation mark below Network Adapter(Multimedia Audio Controler).

When I went there the first time 2 yrs ago to get my new computer as a full
package, I didn't have to tell a different technician to make sure there was
sound, because sound is a basic component to making a computer work. If it
was there BEFORE the re install of Windows, it should be there AFTER the
install as well. If somehow there is a problem however, don't you think I
the right to know that there was a problem. Especially as I was about to
take it home and I asked him if everything was running ok. He said Yes it
was. He had it for 6 days, and they have more than one technician.
 
Rob, things could have been worse: they could have gone into liquidation
with your PC - it happens a lot.
You really are better off with NTFS file system - unless of course you run
Win9x or earlier as well.

People are here to help you know and taking out your frustrations on KB
isn't really too kool.

Have you managed to get your sound going?

- Tim
 
Tim said:
Rob, things could have been worse: they could have gone into liquidation
with your PC - it happens a lot.
You really are better off with NTFS file system - unless of course you run
Win9x or earlier as well.

People are here to help you know and taking out your frustrations on KB
isn't really too kool.

Have you managed to get your sound going?

- Tim

Sorry Tim and KB,

Thanks for asking, yes I did. Everything was ok in BIOS, he just forgot to
install the drivers from the ASUS CD.

Its just been a frustrating few days and I could only take so much.
Compared to what most techs would see in an average week:

Dual Boot systems with RAID
Systems with 1 or more problematic parts....and no help from customer to
narrow options down.

And any number of other combinations, you would think a technician would be
jumping at the chance to do something simple like my request :-)))

Reinstall 1 OS - XP (No dual boot)
Partition HD three ways
Install new VCard and burner
Reinstall other drivers from given disks

If this guy has had any serious experience tweaking pc's there shouldn't be
any problem. In and out 6 - 7 days, ready to go out of box. Because in the
end, it comes down to quality of customer service and the finished
product....the PC. There are probably a dozen or more places in my city
where a person could go and get the above done, so a small shop can't afford
too many glaring mistakes. Plenty other to take its place

Initially he suggested a particular burner, I wanted another brand. If I
hadn't looked over his worksheet he would have given me his suggestion(An
LG) over mine(Liteon).
Just ask this, what happens to companies, any company, that assumes they
know what customers want instead of listening to customer demand?

Rob
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Why don't you learn to do these things yourself?
There are plenty of people in this and many other newsgroups who only too
willing to help.
Your pc will then be "exactly" as you want.
 
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